Team of the Week

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Games of Oct. 22-23, 2010

OffenseQB Mitch Niekamp, Sr., Illinois CollegeNiekamp led Illinois College to two
fourth-quarter TD drives (98 and 85 yards) to beat Ripon. His
98-yard touchdown pass to Brock Thompson closed the score to 35-34
and a 7-yarder to Brett Eschman put the Blueboys ahead. He finished
with 432 yards on 26-for-41 passing with one
interception.

OL Matt Santora, Andrew Weiss, Gino
Arnold, Mike Valenti, Andrew Mortati, Trinity
(Conn.)The Bantams line helped three freshman
ball carriers total 330 yards on 54 carries in Trinity's 31-14 win
at Bowdoin. Trinity possessed the ball for 36:33 of the game and
came back from a second quarter deficit of 14-3.

RBAntwan Anderson, Sr.,
UW-WhitewaterAnderson had a career-high 38 carries
and 240 yards in a win at UW-River Falls, including three
touchdowns.

RBGermany Woods, Fr., HeidelbergWoods led Heidelberg to its third
consecutive win against Marietta with his first career triple-digit
rushing game. He ran for 231 yards and four touchdowns on 21
carries in the victory.

WRRico Wallace, Jr.,
ShenandoahWallace caught nine passes for 224 yards and two
touchdowns, setting school records for receptions and yards in a
56-20 loss to Ferrum.

WRSam Wernick, Jr., Johns
Hopkins
Wernick had touchdown receptions of 74, 68, 35 and 34 yards in
Johns Hopkins' 49-24 win at Susquehanna. His 250 receiving yards
(on seven receptions) are the second-best total in school history.
He finished with 341 all-purpose yards.

TEShawn Evans, Jr., Lewis and
ClarkEvans caught three touchdown passes, the
last with 1.7 seconds left to lift the Pioneers past Puget Sound
68-64. He had 180 yards on eight receptions.

DefenseDEAaron Nauer, So., Westminster
(Pa.)Nauer had five tackles, three solo, and
broke up three passes as the Titans posted their first shutout
since 2003, beating Thiel 35-0.

DTJulian Paksi, Jr.,
AlbionPaksi had eight tackles, five solo, with four and
a half tackles for loss and two and a half sacks. All of his sacks
came in the first half as Albion took a 35-3 lead and cruised to a
42-24 win against Olivet.

DERiley Mitchell, Jr., Lewis and
ClarkIt might seem odd to select a defensive
player from a team which gave up 64 points, but without Mitchell it
would have been worse. Mitchell had three sacks for a loss of 26
yards and caused two fumbles in the 68-64 win against Puget
Sound.

LBAntonio Harris, Sr., North Carolina
WesleyanHarris had 11 tackles, six solo, in a
34-16 win against Maryville (Tenn.). He returned an interception
for 72 yards for a touchdown and had two and a half tackles for
loss and a sack.

LBDevin Worthington, Fr.,
HobartWorthington recorded nine tackles, eight solo,
three and a half for loss and two and a half sacks in the
Statesmen's 40-33 win against Merchant Marine. He also recovered
two fumbles.

LBKyle McGivney, Jr., LutherMcGivney made 15 tackles (10 solo),
broke up two passes, recovered a fumble and forced another on the
second half kickoff that was returned 25 yards for a touchdown in a
26-20 victory at Buena Vista.

LB Danny Polaneczky, Jr.,
ChicagoPolaneczky made 13 tackles, nine solo,
including 1.5 for loss, and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown
as the Maroons defeated Kenyon 35-14. His runback marked the
Maroons' fifth blocked punt return for a touchdown this season,
matching the NCAA Division III record set by Widener in
1990.

CBEd Doberning, Fr., Lake
Forest
Dobernig recorded two fourth quarter interceptions in a 35-14 win
against Lawrence. His first one ended a Lawrence drive at the 20
yard line while the score 21-14. The interception sparked the
Foresters, and the offense turned the interception into a
touchdown. His second interception, with 1:22 left, was returned 39
yards for a touchdown, the first of his career. He had five
tackles, four solo.

S Phil Tsopanides, So.,
Western New England
Tsopanides intercepted a pass in the end zone on
the final play of the game and returned it 36 yards as Western New
England held on for a 14-6 win against Plymouth State. He also
compiled a team- high 10 tackles in the contest, all solo, and had
one pass breakup. This was the Golden Bears' first win ever over
the Panthers in 13 meetings

SAaron Selking, Sr., Trine Selking recorded 14 tackles, 11 solo, and broke up two
passes in a 31-10 win against Hope. He also returned two punts for
an average of 21 yards.

CBHarry Melendez, Sr., Trinity
(Conn.)
Melendez thwarted two Bowdoin drives with interceptions in his own
end, including one inside his own 10-yard line. He added three solo
tackles.

Special teamsKRichard Marteney, Fr.,
UW-StoutMarteney was 3-for-3 on field goals, two of them
in the final 18 minutes(34 yards, 2:30 of
third quarter; 30 yards, 3:51 of fourth quarter) helped hold off a
UW-Eau Claire comeback attempt. He was 4-for-4 on PATs and is
23-for-23 on the season.

PKurtis Brondyke, Sr.,
CentralBrondyke averaged 48.4 yards on five punts in
Central's 27-6 win against Loras. Among his kicks was a career-best
86-yarder that ranks as the second-longest in school history,
trailing only an 88-yard punt by Vern Boelkens in 1956.

STCornelius Jenkins, So.,
Huntingdon
Jenkins blocked and returned a Webber International punt 20 yards
for a touchdown, giving the Hawks a 21-10 lead in the first-half.
Jenkins recorded three solo tackles on special teams in the 35-23
win over the NAIA's 17th-ranked team.

RETKentel Noel, Fr., Christopher
NewportNoel shattered the USA South record for
punt return yardage in a game when he exploded for 206 yards and
two TD on five punt returns against Greensboro. His first TD return
was a highlight-reel run for 67 yards (video), in
which he broke four tackles including two spins out of the
opponents grasp as well as tip-toeing his way down the sideline.
The run was followed up almost immediately (less than two minutes
of game clock) by a 62-yarder on the very next Greensboro
possession, down the opposite sideline. Noel nearly broke a third
before finally getting tracked down on the 11-yard line after a
55-yard run.